Monday 9 February 2015
The Golf Club, available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, allows you to create photo-realistic courses of your dreams. In our November issue (327) we asked you to show off your design skills and from hundreds of fantastic entries, Mark Davies’ Three Cliffs Bay stood out for its spectacular scenery and all-or-nothing cliffside drama. A greenkeeper at Celtic Manor for...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
The R&A’s decision to switch coverage of The Open from the BBC to Sky was met with dismay last week, with pundits, pros and ordinary golfers lamenting the loss of golf’s oldest event from terrestrial TV. One of the biggest criticisms was that at a time when golf participation is going down, losing such a visible platform for the game to...
Written by Today's Golfer on Tuesday 3 February 2015
Sky Sports will exclusively broadcast The Open Championship live from 2017 after signing a five-year deal with the R&A. It means there will be no live mens’ golf on the BBC from 2017 – something many players feel strongly about. World No.1 Rory McIlroy, who defends the Claret Jug at St Andrews this summer, said: “I guess it’s just the way it’s...
Thursday 29 January 2015
American Golf is offering a limited number of golfers the chance to be amongst the first in the UK to try the 2015 Nike Vapor clubs. Europe’s largest golf retailer is hosting three exclusive Nike Vapor demo events this spring at: American Golf, Trafford 31st January trafford@americangolf.co.uk American Golf, New Malden 3rd February new.malden@americangolf.co.uk American Golf Clydebank 6th February clydebank@americangolf.co.uk Places are filling up fast, so...
Thursday 29 January 2015
1 – Paul McGinley and Alex Ferguson take over at the European Tour In an inspired move, the European Tour decides to appoint the victorious European Ryder Cup captain from Gleneagles, Paul McGinley, as their Chief Executive following the retirement of George O’Grady. McGinley’s major passion outside golf is business; and as well as a marketing diploma from Dublin University and...
Thursday 15 January 2015
The BGIA along with Bauer Media is proud to announce the further development of National Golf Month, with the confirmation of National Golf Month 2015. After the successful pilot of National Golf Month last year, the event is back! 2015 has the potential to be a huge year for Golf, with interest surrounding the sport continuing to grow with the questions...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Professor Mark Broadie of Columbia University invented the ‘strokes gained – putting’ statistic used on the PGA Tour and authored the book Every Shot Counts. His extensive research revealed the percentage of putts golfers of different standards really hole from five feet, eight feet and 15ft. How do your putting stats compare? Is your putting above or below average? It’s hard...
Friday 2 January 2015
It’s been a bit manic,” says Challenge Tour-turned-European Tour phenomenon Jason Palmer. The 30-year-old from Leicester has barely had time to contemplate life among the sport’s biggest names and yet he is fast becoming one himself. Why? Because he chips one-handed. A win in China and a runner-up finish in Oman in successive weeks last month proved enough for the...
Friday 2 January 2015
Despite what the doom-mongers may tell you, golf is still very big business. It contributes £3.4 billion a year to the UK economy. It is the fifth largest sport in the country. Every week, hundreds of thousands of golfers dedicate a large portion of their leisure time to the game. But golf’s problems cannot – and should not – be ignored.
Monday 22 December 2014
The TG Big Fat Golf Quiz of the Year is now closed! Do you know your Masters from your Matchplay? Do you know your Fowler from your Furyk? Can you remember what disrupted Luke Donald during the Nedbank Golf Challenge recently? How about why Matt Kuchar was forced to miss the US PGA Championship? Can you remember the facts and figures of...
Written by Staff Writer on Friday 19 December 2014
Iain Parker, an 11-handicapper from Winterhill Golf Club, near Maidenhead, has today joined the Pro Am team of Italian stallion, Matteo Manassero at Abu Dhabi GC, courtesy of Golf GameBook. The winner of the live golf scoring app’s Avenue to Abu Dhabi competition, was flown out with golfing pal, Chris Wilson, to tee-up alongside the young star in the pre-tournament Pro...
Written by Today's Golfer on Monday 15 December 2014
Rory McIlroy lost out to Lewis Hamilton in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award – prompting a torrent of sympathy from players and fans who felt he was hard done by. The Formula One world champion polled almost twice as many public votes as 2014’s double major champion, despite Rory being the bookies’ favourite heading into the evening. As soon...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Take our dangerously addictive game to test your knowledge of Major winners from the last 15 years. Let us know how many you got in the comments below! HOW TO PLAY: Click the green button to begin. Enter your guess in the box (eg ‘Woods’). If your guess is correct, the name will populate in the championship grid. Keep entering names until you’ve completed all the...
Written by Danny Willett on Tuesday 9 December 2014
This year, I’ve missed only one cut in 19 events on the European Tour. Although I’ve only had one top-three finish, it’s been great to register a consistency that had been lacking for much of 2013. I attribute it to a better understanding of my swing, and my body. I have a long-term injury that restricts my hip rotation. Physical issues...
Monday 1 December 2014
Celebrate Christmas in style with the Today’s Golfer Advent Calendar! Open the door to our calendar every day up until Christmas Day and enter our prize draws to win great prizes. Each day, a new prize draw opens, and will be open for entries until December 25 – meaning you have several chances to win each Advent prize. With a range...
Thursday 27 November 2014
Open Links, by stand-up comedian and writer Dominic Holland, is the first ever e-novel to be published by a charity. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from this innovative celebrity and charity collaboration will go to Anthony Nolan, the UK’s blood cancer charity and bone marrow register. Set on the final day of the British Open, Open Links is a...
Thursday 27 November 2014
In this month’s issue of Today’s Golfer, we have an exclusive extract from Ian Poulter’s new autobiography ‘No Limits’, which charts the story from his childhood home in Stevenage to the top of world golf, taking in everything from the death of his cousin when he was just 13 to the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. To celebrate having part of Poulter’s...
Thursday 27 November 2014
Nothing gives Simply Golf Travel more pleasure than satisfied customers. As a small thank you to everyone who has travelled with Simply Golf Travel over the years, plus all those it might be welcoming on trips in the future, the company is offering one lucky winner a golf trip to the five-star luxury of La Manga Principe Felipe Hotel in...